The Autonomous Report: Toronto attracts investment; Detroit attracts high-tech talent
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — May 14, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look into the latest autonomous vehicle (AV) investment to hit Toronto, the beginnings of Detroit’s high-tech rebound, how one writer predicts a future of automated onsite repairs and much, much more! – The biggest news in the Canadian autonomous […]
The Autonomous Report: Court battle between Google and Uber heats up
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 9, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look at how advanced technology may lead to driver complacency and more crashes, the latest update on the court battle between Google and Uber over allegedly stolen tech, how a race between nine autonomous vehicles (AVs) only saw four […]
Tuesday Ticker: PPG still wants AkzoNobel and Fenix may turn the corner
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 3, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker brings you the latest updates on PPG’s attempted takeover of AkzoNobel, how AutoCanada’s stock took a tumble recently, why Tesla became more highly valued than Ford, and much, much more! – The attempt by PPG to take over Dutch paint maker […]
The Autonomous Report: Canada attracts AV investment from Ford
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 2, 2017 — The Autonomous Report keeps you updated on all of the vital news on developments in autonomous vehicles (AVs). In this week’s edition, we look at two major announcements to come out of Canada in the last week, a timeline of AV development according to industry […]
Magna creates carbon fibre subframe for Ford
Paris, France — March 14, 2017 — The use of carbon fibre has grown significantly in recent years, but it’s still not considered a mass-market material. That might change very soon, judging by news coming out of the JEC World 2017 event currently underway in France. The news revolves around the results of a new […]
Former Takata execs charged, Ford and Honda expand recall
By Mike Davey Detroit, Michigan — January 15, 2017 — Three former employees of Takata have been formally indicted by a US federal grand jury in Detroit. The charges stem from the well-known issues surrounding Takata airbags in recent years. The executives are alleged to have concealed defects in the company’s airbag inflators. A statement […]
The Autonomous Report: Developments at the Consumer Electronics Show and Tesla updates Autopilot
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — January 8, 2017 — This week’s Autonomous Report dives into some of the autonomous vehicle (AV) news coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show, Tesla updates and improves its Autopilot technology, the latest development from the AV project now being tested in Ontario by the University of Waterloo and […]
The Autonomous Report: New players in the self-driving space, Uber exits California and Semcon wants cars to smile
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 28, 2016 — The evolution of the automated vehicle (AV) sector over the last year has been extremely rapid. Just a year ago the idea that self-driving cars would drive massive new investments on the part of the world’s biggest companies seemed a bit nutty. But here we […]
Ford Canada launches National Body Shop Network certification program
Hamilton, Ontario — December 6, 2016 — Ford Motor Company of Canada has launched the Ford National Body Shop Network. Ford has selected Certified Collision Care as its strategic partner to administer and manage its body shop certification program and national network. According to a prepared statement, Ford Motor Company of Canada will be […]
Celette announces Ford fixture set winners
Lombard, Illinois — November 10, 2016 — Celette has named the winners of the raffle the company held at the 2016 SEMA Show. Each winner will receive a Ford-model fixture set. One fixture set was raffled off among Celette’s booth visitors on every day of the SEMA Show, with Derek Florczyk of Assured Automotive in […]
